The Happiest Girl In The World...Almost

Brianna and Sherry

Brianna, like many twelve year old girls, loves horses.  My mom had given her a horse, Chocolate, to care for about a year ago.  Having Chocolate was a dream come true, but Chocolate was close to 30 years old and not exactly the most spry of all horses.  Chocolate lost her appetite and ended up a rather sick horse pretty quickly and she went on to greener pastures a few months ago.  Brianna was deeply saddened by the loss, but she knew that her horse was sick and the vet had done all she could.  Fortunately, she had a couple of weeks to say goodbye and prepare herself for the inevitable.

Since then, Brianna has lobbied for a new horse.  Her dad told her that she would have to buy her own, and as soon as she had enough money saved up, we would help her find one.  So Brianna has been saving her money, combing all the ads in the feed stores and classifieds, and telling people that she is looking for a horse.  One of the people that she told was the farrier that shoes the other horses that live here.  Last week the farrier was here and told Brianna that she thought she had found a perfect horse for Brianna.  "Sherry" (that is what Brianna has named her for now, it is still subject to change) is a rescue horse.  She is about ten years old and is a quarter horse paint/appaloosa mix.  She is a bit underweight but otherwise seems to be in excellent health.  The farrier and a friend of hers that is very knowledgeable about horses had looked her over and decided Sherry would be a wonderful horse for Brianna.  They had seen Sherry at the rescue place and went back the following day to pick her up so that no one else would snatch her up before Brianna had a chance to see her. 

Yesterday we went out to their ranch in Perris and spent nearly 3 hours with the horse, Brianna is head over heals.  The farrier and the friend have asked that we leave Sherry there for another week or two.  They would like to spend a little more time riding her to make sure she isn't easily spooked and would be safe for Brianna to ride, they also wanted to put some shoes on her back feet and try to put a bit of weight on her.  We are hoping and praying that all goes well with the horse for the next couple of weeks and she is able to come here and be a special friend for our little girl with so much love to give.

A bit underweight, but that is an easy fix.